Scott Shafer

KQED News is inviting community leaders, newsmakers, local business owners and residents to attend four Open Newsroom forums around the Bay Area.

“KQED Newsroom” host Thuy Vu, senior correspondent Scott Shafer and the editorial team will discuss the challenges facing their communities. The new news and public affairs service from KQED will feature a wide-range of topics reflecting the diversity of the nine-county Bay Area. The ”KQED Newsroom” team will use these forums to reach out to residents from Marin, East Bay, South Bay and San Francisco to engage them in an open dialogue on local issues that are not being covered in the media.

For more information on “KQED Newsroom,” to RSVP to the events and to submit story ideas online, please visit KQEDnews.org.

The details on the four Open Newsroom forums are:

Thursday, September 19, at 11am–1pm Marin County Office of Education Community Room, 1111 Las Gallinas Avenue, San Rafael.

Tuesday, September 24, at 9:30–11:30am School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose.